Comments on What is the difference between MySQL and the Microsoft SQL? Which one is better?
March 22, 2009
EricCartman00 @ 7:46 pm
Here’s a very in-depth article comparing them:
March 25, 2009
Jack G @ 8:24 am
Most of the differences are efforts of each developer to remain unique. So minor changes are made to ensure continued use.
March 28, 2009
injanier @ 7:50 pm
Microsoft SQL has some functions not available in MySql, but the difference in capabilities is not really significant. I would say they are equally suitable for e-commerce. Security is a harder call, but my personal prejudice is for the open source software (MySql), as there is a developer community watching over it.
The biggest disadvantage of Microsoft SQL is that it has to be run on a Windows server. MySql can be run on virtually any platform. It is often used on Linux servers running Apache. Your software costs with MySql can be significantly less, though you may spend a bit more time setting it up.
March 29, 2009
VBACCESSpert @ 11:01 pm
The big difference is that Microsoft SQL is a proprietary of Microsoft, whereas MySQL is free (almost) and an Open Source database. You can download it from them, even the source!
Recently MySQL had just won from competition! (see from mysql website).
When you are searching for webhosting, you will see almost that their website are hosting for MySQL!
Comments on What is the difference between MySQL and the Microsoft SQL? Which one is better?
Here’s a very in-depth article comparing them:
Most of the differences are efforts of each developer to remain unique. So minor changes are made to ensure continued use.
Microsoft SQL has some functions not available in MySql, but the difference in capabilities is not really significant. I would say they are equally suitable for e-commerce. Security is a harder call, but my personal prejudice is for the open source software (MySql), as there is a developer community watching over it.
The biggest disadvantage of Microsoft SQL is that it has to be run on a Windows server. MySql can be run on virtually any platform. It is often used on Linux servers running Apache. Your software costs with MySql can be significantly less, though you may spend a bit more time setting it up.
The big difference is that Microsoft SQL is a proprietary of Microsoft, whereas MySQL is free (almost) and an Open Source database. You can download it from them, even the source!
Recently MySQL had just won from competition! (see from mysql website).
When you are searching for webhosting, you will see almost that their website are hosting for MySQL!